The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1897. THE UNEMPLOYED MAY RAISE c VG <everal Plans Suggested for Re- lieving Their Pitiable Plight. THEY WANT WORK, NOT ALMS. Mass-Meeting Y sterday—Collec- tions for Temporary Shelter Begin Te-Day. City is now confronted with the urgent and serious problem of finding work for & large number of deserving per- sons who are out of employ vand are eager for an opy ity to earn a livirg. Turee possible suggested. to adopt ed Pingree 1y employed in recent ¥ Mayor Dingreeof Detroit, by ich vacant city | [ :e accorded by their owne: er temporarily to the unemployed to be etable pardens. Another is to to be carrying on public works. to adopt the Australien plar z men work in the placer mix ther is to form agricultural colo- ts of cheap land in faro s of the State. And another be forthcoming before some on is taxen to-morrow by the ce, 10 be held in the Mayor's Mavor Sutro said yesterday that he ndorses the Pingree plan as one ical valueto the City, where 1d on the peninsula can be made to e vegetables. He cited the cases of «ns to whom he has rented a large ber of acres, and who, he is assured, are making a very decent living from e Jan their vegetable gardens. Fhe use by the unemployed of vacant d within a city is not, he said, a propo- Esst. on peculiar to th d it here ab years ago. hat I have long contended for,” de- i Mr. Sutro, “is the establishment of d to be expended annually calculated to improve and Let it bes half million It might be in- if necessary. given this pu t—it is not humane for o permit men and their families or food. There are people stary- nd I know it that I was eived hundred 1for assistance. He himself he Mayor’s of- f pleas for work Some are impostors, 1 deserving and want a cnance to support them- | ~ work that could be undertaken by | L REICALINGS WILL 1S CONTESTED Allegations by a Brother and a Sister of the Testator. Bitter Attack Made on Miss Lillie H. Theurkauf, the Residuary Legatee. It Is Asserted That She Induced the 0Old- Mzn to Falsely Believs She Would Marry Him. Albert H. Reichling and Mrs. Bertha Martins have filed a notice by their attor- s, Adams & Adams, that they will con- test the probate of the will of the late s F. Reichling. The estate thus placed in dispute is | lued at $100,000, and according to the prop is devited to Miss Lillie H. urkauf, who was in New York City at e time of the testator's deatb, but who L =ince returned to this City. "The contestants are the brother and sister of the testator, Louis F. Reichling, and ¢laim that they would have been more t with if his mind had not 7 swayed by others, and par- liss Theurkauf. In supvort of their position in this re- gard, the contestants have presented & document giving their side of the ques- | tion. time Primarily th decedent signed as, that at the instrument the ‘which purports to be his will he was not of sound or disposing mind. Then follows this statement: In September, 1895 setiously and (axong other a1l the decede; usly 11l ith an became suffering Hlargcment also had of which neumonia, in s ‘confined 1 his 1 m thiat date 1o 4th of January, 1897, said d ontinuouxly 'from the dis- from the effects of which he 4. Ever afier he arose from his bed kucss in November, 1895, he was con- v abnormally morose, irriteble, im- and capricious and groundlessly s >us of those sround him. He suffered n loss of uppetite, insompia and from s fears of purely imaginary evils. mental and pbysical conditions, the is allege, affecied his mind to such hat ho was not on the 27th day of the dete of the will, capable of ¢ u valid will. Then is presented to the court the nd allegation in the contest, being in stance as follows: Jx: the time of the making and signing of sfid wi e time of his 1ihe said decedent acted under un- fuc influcuce and misrepresentations, in this, /10 wit: That one Lillie H. Theurkau!, for a long time prior o the date of the signing of saia will, had impianted in his mind & belief that she would eventually become his wife, whereas, on the contrary, she did never intend to marry him, and only induced him to believe sne would marry hiin for the ole purpose of unduly engrossing his thoughts and unduly influencing his mind generally in her behalf. The contestants in conc.usion ask tiat Hundreds of Deserving Idle Men Now Eager to Do Anything to Earn a Simple Livelihoed. | ins. Let only the | the wili be retused sdmission to probate about the | * | Pacific 7 | ter was re-elected as pre: ES ON VACANT LOTS the City and that would give employment | | to hundreds of men would be a permanent | seawall slong the ocean beach asan im-| | provement and protection to the \vholel | west side of Golden Gate Park. “European cities have been made beauti- ful by work put upon them, and there is no reason why San Francisco may not be | when only a little tax upon the property owners would provide the public improve- ments, and what is most important, pre- vent deserving people from starving for the want of a chance to earn a bare liv- | M | Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald pro- poses to find work in the mines for the unemployed of this City. “The solution of the problem of the | unemployed,” said he yesterday, ‘“lies in taking advantage of the mining field. 1t| would not be necessary to raise any large | fund to do this, and the Labor Bureau and Mining Bureau, by co-operating, could attend to all the details of placing the men. The Mining Bureau bas field | surveyors at work, who could give infor- | mation as to the best locality|for the men, d my office would attend to the rest. ¢ I opened the free employment burean I have sent over 10,000 men into | the country ana all have raised their own | fares. It hasat times been necessary to get reduced rates for them, but they were | d destitute. | k there would be no trouble about sending them to work in the | placers. 1 have been instrumental in | placing several men at work, and they | nave done well. There are claim-owners | in the mining districts who are very | ious to get men to work them and ask | in return only that the men sell them | whatever gold may be taken out at $17 an | ounce. Chinamen have for years been moking a good think out of the placers. | I had opportunities in the Mint o see the results of labors, even on placers | that had been worked and abandoned by | white men, end know what can be done | there. “The mining field here is the proper | one to do such work in, as the farming | business is overdone. Tne employment | of men in that way would be a good | thing for the State, as it would give per- | manent employment at fairly good re- turns to a many maore men than | corporatic Should this idea be favor- | ably received I can send a party of twenty | never fou Iorgnlnzed unemployed the preference as or forty men out within fofl.y-.ight[ hours,” | The unemployed have no definite plans as yot. They are willing to do anything that will provide continnous employment, but they are emphatically opposed to be- ing made objects for temporary charity from socleties providing food end shelter. They do not wish o be placed in the cate- gory of alms-seekers. They want work. A mass-meeting, attended by over 300 unemployed men, was held yesterday in the Turk-street Temple. The situation was discussed and several addresses were made by persons interested in helping the unfortunate men. A commodious building on Howard | street that had seemed within their reach as a common shelter and co-operative economical boarding quarters was, upon special investigation by Chairman Lef- fingwell, found unrentable for the pnr- pose because of the objections of neigh- boring property-owners. During the absence of the chairman for | an hour while investigating this proposeu | shelter J. Fabe acted as temporary chair- | man. Addresses were made by Delegate | Alsop from the wageworkers of New Zealand, by Rev. J. E. Scott, by E. J. Sa- vilie and by J. Fabe, Jones, O'Shea and others of the unemployed. Alsop, citing the process of a similar movement in Auckland, New Zealand, suggested that the executlive committee of the unemployed pursue the co-operative plan and ask also that the City give the workmen upon all public contracts. Such a scheme would free these poor mea from the necessity of competition with persons in a less distressiug position and would do away with a hopelessly unemployed class. The sense of the meeting was expressed as strongly opposed to accepting tem- porary relief from any charitable or; zations. The men seeking honest wo not wish the movement to degenerate into a system of soup kitchen relief. They want a chance to earn their food and to earn it not only now but during some time to come. A constitution was adopted em- THE AGE, our so REDUCTION That Will ASTONISH Shrewd Buyers. ONCE, consequently the final days of our Great Sacrifice Clearance Sale resolve themselves into THE GREATEST CUT-PRICE CARNIVAL OF 9 le aim being NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. S THOSE BEST POSTED ON REAL VALUES WILL BE MOST ASTOUNDED at this week’s tremendous reductions, for SPRING IMPOR- TATIONS are so crowding us for room that EVERY PIECE AND YARD of Fall and Win- ter Goods MUST BE TO FORGE OUT EVERYTHING WITHOUT DELAY! CLEARED OUT AT COLORED ™35, iyes| DRESS ahikeh eooon, GOODS. : fine 'Ifllllm for50c a yard; Clear- 9= reves R el S 113 pleces 40-INCH HEAVY ALL- WOOL DRESS GOODS, in checks, mottled, boucles and figured, good Talue for 60o & yard; Clearance 9 Sale price 20 91 pieces 43-INCH FI WOOL HIGH-CLA ALL. FRENCH FIGURED SUITING, extra value () for $1 ayard; Clearance Sale price 9UC 52 pieces 50-INCH ALL-WOOL LISH NAVAL STORM bedying these sentiments, After the meeting the executive com- mittee decided to issue proper credentials | to persons that will begin to-day to collect from private persons contributions of old tedding, a temporary shelter shall be provided where they begin housekeeping on a cheap co-operative plan, Persons baving things (o contribute are requested to notify G. B. Wright, secre- tary for the unemployed, 117 Turk streer, stating their name, address and what they wish to give, so that it may be known whether or not it will be necassary to send the wagon for the contribution. In any event persons are warned against giving to men not possessed of properiy indorsed certificates irom the secretary of the un- employed. s A part of Mayor Phelan’s cash contribu- tion of $250 was spent yesterday upon ten- | cent-meal tickets, which were issued to al- leviate the immediate sufferings of the very hungry, penniless men. noon adopted the following as a preamble “It is our determination to stand shoul, organized body, to obtain employment fam DECLARATION OF THIS CITY’S UNEMPLOYED. The San Francisco unemployed, in mass-meeting assembled, yesterday after- | old clothing, dishes and like | articles to be used by the men as soon as | SERGE. value for $1 a yard; & Clearance Sale price 5 pieces 43-INCH ALL-WOOL | AND SILK-AND-WOOL HIGH- | GRADE FRENCH NOVELTY | SUITING, latest colorings, worth §1 and $1 25 Sale price. | aC | BLACK it 50l pLack | GOODS. :‘Dl’?h 6;): a yard, will e closed out at.. Qx> 35¢ 50 preces BLACK ENGLISH STORM SERGES. Monair finish, in threo different wales, regularly so'd for & 75¢ & yard, will be closed out at,. OOG | ik 2 cases ENGLISH CHEVIOTS, 58 inches wide, regular value $130 a yard, will be closed outat T5e | 30 pi BLACK SATIN qILK B “(gge;l)}‘ls,med{um and DEP’T. lae desigas reguler value 85c a yard; (¢ Clearance Sale price 60¢ 20 pieces 24INCH BLACK DUCHESSE SATIN, extra heavy, regular value' $1 50 a yard} Cleargnce Sale price.... $1.00 35 pieces BLACK BROCADED DUCHESSE, rich, nan;llsg{)ne desicns, regular value a vard; Clearance Sale grice.... $100 EABES tome o JACKETS. #noiidiiy trimmed with Mobair braid, @1 73 Tormer mites $360; Cleatancs DL 1D Sale price Each LADIES’ TWO-TONED ASTRA- KHAN CLOTH CAPES, lined with silk serge, fronts and storm collaredged with black Thibet fur, former price $10 Q= each; Clearance Sale price.... 8630 LADIES' TAN KERSEY JACK- ETS, balf lined with silk, slusbed collar inlaid with vel- ;el‘ fly front, former price 12 50 each; Clearance Sale @ = price. &7.00 KID 50 dozen 5 and 7 HOOK FOSTER KID GLOVE GLOVES, colors and » black (odd sizes). slightly imperfect, worth regular $L 50 Clearance and $1 75 & pair; Sale price.... 50¢ 98 dozen 4-BUTTON GE FRENCH KID GLOVES, broidered backs and large but- tons, colors tan, mode and brown, also black, regular Sale price....... price $150 a pair; Clearance SI.OO 'MEN’S 75 dozen MEN'S HEAVY | FULLFINISHED MER- W INO SOCKS, with double EAR. splicea heels and _toes, in assorted colors, regular price 1916 25¢ a pair; Clearance Sale price.. 1520 38 dozen MEN'S UNDYED SANI- TARY LAMB'S-WOOL UN- DERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, warranted thoroughly shrunk, good value for $1 25 each; Ciear- 7% | nce Sale Brice......c.oserronns 20 | | i | | UNION “3R0 5 eYPtian dor SUITS. 10N UNION SUITS, | * high neck, long sleeves, | | ankle length, neavy weight, worth 125 each, on Special Sale at.. $125e on Special Sale a $)Oc LADIES’ JERSEY RIBBED UNION SUITS, high neck, long s eeves, ankle length, war- ranted two-thirds wool and | non-shrinking, natural color, worth Sale at. i ek [ . | ES' SATE CORSETS. “t31i,s s CORSETS. [ows wum sieels each side, handsomely embro dered with colored silk flossing, blac | and drab, regular price $150; ¢ on Special Sale at............ bl-OU a high EMBROI- cpsticsreons B 1 e 5¢ ‘CA.\(BKIC GUIPURE EMBROI- | DERY, regular price 20c a yard | Special Ciearance Sale price....... 50 a'suit, on Special 8180 | side 10¢ ! AN We have always | LINENS prided in our Linen ! « busjness, because it | has b:en large and satisfactory to | our customers. There is good reason for it. We choose our goods from ‘ the best European makers, and handle them at a close profit. That | is why we are coniident we can'give, | at all times, best values, largest vari= eties and good satisfaction. For this | week a few extras. |LINENS. { BLEACHED DAMASK, 55 inches | wide, a newline of patterns; this 91 week at ard - AN RA GRADE CREA * PURE LINEN DAMASK, so weave, 63 inches wide; this week ~ ¢ TR0 yard | A CLOSELY WOVEN BLF H LINEN 3-4 NAPKIN dosen 9115 \ | BLEACHED HU TOW. 3 | nice borders, sizs 19x37 inches @ ). iDL 9 | | CHECK GLASS LINEN, 18 inches | wide, Irish make, the 10c a yard 71 grade; this week's price (26 JUST OPENED—The choicest lines of FINE GOODS- PRINTED DIMITIES, | FRENCH ORGANDIES, SCOTCH | PRINTED LAPPETS, ENGLISH PER- CALEsS, DENTELLE FRANCAISE, | AMERICAN BATISTES, Etc., in rich, | stylish and exclusive effects, and at | prices almost as low as the common | fabrics. WASH to their constitution and by-laws : der to shoulder in a compact and orderly at a compensation sufficient to keep a and to avoid falling back a dead weight on the community, as it is our desire not alone to provide temporary subsistence for the unfortunate and starving people in the City, but principally to endeavor to put them in the way of obtaining some- thing tangible.and lasting in the shape of employment, 80 as not to be calling for help again in a short period of time.” as the will of Louis F. Reichling. deceased. Miss Theurkauf, who was in Judge SL s court with her attorney, cx-Judge John F. Davis of Amador County, was | quietly attired and is a modest-appearing, good-leoking voung lady. She is a cousin of the deceased and it appears hss been residing in New York City for nearly a year and was residing there at the time ihe will was made. Another cousin of the deceased, named Cornelia, who is also a usin of Miss Theurkauf aad resides in i “incinnati, is also a iegatee under the wiil, but no mention of her is made in the contest filed. The brother and sister, who make the contest, were left a large estata by their father a short time before the death of their brother. 5 When asked for a statement of the other | side of the case the young lady’s attorney declined to discuss the matter. ‘“‘The allegaions in the opposition are beneath | contempt,” said Judge Davis, ““aud are | merely another instance of the inablity of | relati to respect the wishes of the dead | when in his will he leaves his property where his heart dictates instead of to | themselves.’” WIFE MURDER AT MAZATLAN.‘I The Mexican Officials Believe That the Husband Fled North to This City. | According to advices received by the | last Panamasteamer, the Mexican officials i | ere on the search for 8 man, F. Hermanns | by name, who iy supposea to have re- | cently murdered his wife in the outskirts of the town of Mazatlan, and who is sup- posed to have fled 10 either this City or New York. The victim of the tragedy is supposed | to have once been Miss Mouldern, a former California girl. Some years ago | she drifted on the stage in Portland, and there met Hermanns, who represented | himeelf as the outcast son of wealthy | parents. | The couvle upon arriving in Mazatlan t0ok up their residence in a small cottage, | about seven miles from the town. Fora |time they entertained lavishly, Her- | manns disappeared from his usual haunts | suddenly, and afier a time the offictals | | made an investigation, Upon breaking into the house they found the wife's remains on the bed in an advanced state of decomposition, | | . An effort was made to locate the hus- band in vain. The Mexican police Jearned that he came north and rumor | bas it that they learned that he was | | seen in this City about a month ago. | > NORTH PAQIF_IO ELEQTIONS. | Jesse W. Lilienthal Was Made Director and A. Markham Vice-Progident, The annusl meeting of the oflicers and | directors of the San Francisco ana North | Railroad was held yesterday, | Jesse W. Lilienthal was elected direciop to take the place of John L. Howard, and | A. Markham was made vice-president, | succeeding P. N. Lilienthal, manager, and Jesse V continued as general cou; The directory Foster, A. arl | George A. Newnall, Jesse W. | A. Borel ana J. B. Bteison. thal | s Lilienthal, | ties from the Southern Pa h"\‘nz: supply of Pulimans, it is believed, | _No other business was transacted,” will be too light for the demand. For | said President Foster; “we took up noth- | other places. CARSON RATES ABE NOW FIXED Those Who Want to See the Big Mill Can Figure on It They Can Now Tell Exactly How Much It Will Cost Them A M Ardery Arrives From Carson and Arrapges for Sidetracking th- Pulimans. General Passenger Agent Goodman of the Southern Pacific has comnvleted a full list of rates from points in California to Carson during the battle between Corbett | and Fitzsimmons. He has also made | rates for Por:iland, Ogden, EI Paso and The rates, aside from the round-trip rate of $16 40 between San Francisco and Carson, as hiti erto pub- lished, are in almost all cases new. “To Carson and return from San Fran- cisco,” said Mr. Goodman, “the rate will stand at $16 40. “From Sacramento the round-trip rate will be §12 40, from Monterey and Santa Cruz $2v 40, from Los Angeles and San Bernardino $:0, from Mariccpa $43 65, from E! Paso $55, from Ogden §35 40. This last is not the basic rate, which I have no doubt will be arranged. This will be $35. The rate from Portland will be $42. “As for the railroaas East which desire to co-operate with us, we have received a vroposition 1rom one line which would | make the rate from Chicago to Carson and return $84 80. Another line offers a rate of $76 50, which is a little more than one fare; $75 50 would be one to Carson. ~However, nothing is settled yet. Other propositions will be received, and we will hear the arguments of differen: kinds. “As tothe many Pullmans that have bren reported engaged, some of them have been really engaged and some not. The best way to enzage them is to put up | the money, or else they may find when ithem that somebody else has y different pa fic Company. over a week the road has been collecting ing else, and when we were through witn | the Pallmans that could be spared from | the election there was an adjournment." Lo i, Ex-United State Senator Dolph in Town Ex-United States Senator J. N. Dolph of Ore. gon arrived here yesterday and is at the Fa'- ace. He said that he had come down in con- nection with some cases in the United States Cirenit Court and would remain only & d | two. _He did not desire t0 say anything adont various places in the West and on the | ““Every little puny station is telegrapn = t.p Pullman,” said Mr. | ling and wi Goodman. | day we got an inquiry asking what rate | we would give for forty peopis. I have 1o idea they can get fHiteen thera. "It is very important for us to know | the Oregon struggle over the natorship. whether Stuart is going to "lv’ this R, T | three days’ tournament at Carson in con- T0 CULE A COLD IN ONE DAy, | nection with the big fight. If be can get | Take Inzative BromoQuinine Tablets, Alldrug- | his talent together, and it is known in | wists deldud the money i1t dails o cuce, Zoc | time, probably a good many would re- Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests. Nurphy Building, Market and Jonss Streets. Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Streets. Murphy Building, Warket and Jones Sireets | maiu till Sunday or Monday. The big contest takes place on Wednesday.” | A. M. Ardery, who has been with Stuart | at Carson for several days past, has re- | turned here and yes erday called on Mau- | ager Fillmore, He wantel to arringe for | all the Puliman trains to go straight to | Carson and be switched there on side- tracks. Considering thisin the nighest de- gree necessary for the comfortof those who were 10 2o he wanted to know if it | could be done. Mr. Ardery was atonce assured that it could not only be done bat wouid be. It | is the idea to run the cars over the Vir- ginia and Truckee track from Reno to Carson. a distance of thirty-ona miles. | The Reno and Truckee conductors and brakemen will take charge of the trains on their arrival in Reno, but the original en- gineers will continue with the trains. The Virginia and Truckee track is said | to be strong and the curves all right for any cars, however big. PASTORS’' STANDING. Congregationalists Discuss With What | Denominational Body the Minis- terial Position Shall Rest. An execttive session of ths Bay Aseo- tion was held yesterday at the First Congregational Church, the subject under discussion being the question of whether the standing of Congregational pastors is | to rest with the Bay Conference or the Bay Association. Rev. Dr. dallock read a paper, the ob- ject of which was to prove that the minis- terial standing should be held in the Bay | Association, as it is a body composed of | | ministers exclusively, whereas the Bay | | Conference is composed of ministers and | | two lay delegates from each church. Dr. Nash read a paper showing that, cording to Congregational usage, the pas- tors’ standing should rest with the cun- ference. In the discussion most of the pastors took the view upheid by Dr. Nash. The papers had been o lengthy, however, that the conference adjourned without arriving at any decision. The_following pastors were present: { Rev. Dr. Hall, Rev. G. C. Adams, Rev. { Mr. Bailey, Rev. Mr. Galloway, Rev. W. | Dixon, Rev. W. H. Cross, Rev. E. Sar | togay, Rev. H. H. Wikoff, Rev. C. F. | Nash. Rov. Dr. MeLean, Professor Lloyd, Dr. Hallock, Dr. Willey, Rev. W. Craw- ford, Rev. Dr. Moar, Knode!l, Lacas, | Anderson, Philip_Coombe, Professor F. H. Foster, Rev. B. Hatch, Rev. B. ¥. Perkins, Rev. W. C. Pond, D.D., Rev. J. Cruzan, D.D., Joseph Rowell, W. W. Scudder. P JTE CANVASSING FOR FUNDS, Meeting of the Vestry and Parish Com mittee of St. Luke’s Chucch The vestry of St. Luke’s Episcopal | Church met in joint session with the com- mittee recently appointed on the raising | of funds to build a new place of worship, last evening. There were present of the vestry: A. N. Brown, Dr. H. C. Davis, Theodore E. Smith, Henry L. Davis, George H. Powers, W. D. Clark, Robert B. Forman, L. F. Monteagle, J. C. Hall and R. H. Bl liott. The parish committee present were O. 5. Phelps, Captain Simpson, J. R. Langhorne, R. C. Daniels and A. C. Fieid. The list of charch members was care. fully gone over, and_the members of both committees were assigned various ones to see and ascertain what they wonld give to swell the fund of $20,000 that has already been subscribed. The belie! is freely ex- pressed that if $50,000 is fonnd necexsary for the new edifice it can easily be raised. ———————— To Ward Off Danger. The following notice is published at the re- quest of the Sisters of Charity: Notice—Vlsiting days at the Roman Uatholic ban Asyium, N street south, will be sus Pebded uetls measies ‘and kinged & now evalent in the City have D oft. The chil- BUTLER TRIED ON THE COAT An Interesting Episode During Yesterday’s Hearing, Further Evidence in the Preston Case From the Same Witnesses. Captain Petrie of th: Ol vebink Talls «f His Acqua.ntance With the Prisen r. The hearing on the application for ex- tradition in the case of Richard Ashe, commonly called Butler, accused of mur- dering one Preston, was resumed yester- day afternoon in the Circuit Court, before Commissioner Heacock. There was a much smaller attendance than heretotore. The earlier portion of the proceedings was monotonous, owing to the amount of repetition involved in the evidence of witnesses who had previously testified in the Lee W-ller case. The prisoner seemed more alert and interested than usual, however, and was in constant consnlta- tion with his counsel, Attorneys Black and Pidwell, Leonard Stone being absent for the nonce. Mr. Black hiniself fairly beamed upon his client, whose sunburnt neck he at one time during the hearing affectionately encircled with his right arm. The British Consul-General, J. W. Warburton, went rapidly over the same ground as before, with the only material difference that Preston’s name was sub- stituted for that of Captain Lee Weiler. Marshal Barry Baldwin and his deputy, Thomas J. Gallagher, deposed to the | serving of the warranis, in the face of a running fire of objections and motions to strike out from ‘the indefatigable Mr. Black. Constable Conroy, recalied, repeated the story of his brief connection with the pris- oner in Australia. Conroy’s version of the historical scene on the deck of the Swan- hilda evoked a smile. *‘I asked him if he knew me,” said the witness, ‘‘and he said he dian’t. Sergeant Bunner told me to remove the wuiskers, and the prisoner then said, ‘I bave seen your face," and atterward he admitted knowing me snd giving mea map of the Aubrey mining district.” The witness said he bad given the defendant his brother-in-law’s address at the Race Club Hotel, near Aubrey, at his request, and that the defendant wrote it down upon a small piece of paper. The address in the checkbook was in his sis- ter’s handwriting. The checkbook was produced and Mr. Cormac continued his examination. Con- roy insisted that the prisoner was called Harwood when he knew him, snd that Harwood told him of his proposed trip to the Blue Mountains. Mr. Black began his cross-examination, and indnced the witness to state that he ‘was positive it was not £0 late as October 28 when he iast saw the prisoner with the checkbook. A few questions addressed to the witness by Mr. Cormac showed that he had never seen the checkbook in Aus- ren in the institution are weil. SISTERS OF CHARITY. Roman Cathalic Orphan Asylum, Feb. 16, 1897. g tralia. “So,” eaid Mr. Cormac, ‘‘you must have been mistaken when you stated that you w the checkbook in session before October 2 Conroy explained that he thonght he o prisoner's pos- | the address before that date. He was | sure his sister never saw the prisoner after September 10, 1596, because she was | with the witness during that period. | The court aliowed the depositions in | the Lee Weiler case to be admitted and | the reading dispensed with, except in the case of witnesses present, who might be examined orally. Detective Eagan gave eviderce to the effect that the prisoner when asked by the witness in the Marshal's office, “How about this younc man Preston ?” replied that be had met him at the railway sta- tion. “Then,” coutinued Eagan," I'askea him how about the oid English miner? He knew, I saiq, too much about pros- | pecting for you.” | * “Tobject,” cried Black, “to the admis- sion of evidence about the old English | miner.”’ The objsction was allowed. Detective Eagan gave way to the Aus- | depositions taxen before tie magistrates (in New South Wales and the chief con- sular officer of the United States. He as- sured Mr. Cormac, albeit Mr. | jected, that he was familiar with tne pen- alty of murder provided by section 9 of the New South Walescriminal law amend- ment act. He described the search for Preston’s body and its exhumation. Though he had never seen Preston alive | he identified the body by means of a | photograph. The boay was carefully buried at a varying depth of two and | three’ feet. The earth above seemed to bave been s.moothed over with a spade and seme dry sand sprinkled overit. A | towel, tightly knotted, was passed under | one shoulder and over the other, and had presumably been used to pull it into the hote. witness atiributed to a rifle bullet. Tue direction of the wound was downward humed. There was uno indication that death had been suicidal. Mr. Cormac, ignoring Mr. Black's pro- asked the witness if the articles in the prisoner’s possession were necessary evidence at the trial of the case. “They are very material evidence,” was the reply. e then identified, from de- scriptions furnished him, a coat and vest as “having been Preston’s praperty. “There is 2 plece setin the back of the vest,”” he went_on, indicating the spot, “and the cort is much too small for the prisoner. Preston weighed 150 pounds.” Mr. Black suggested that it mizht be weil for the prisoner to try on the coat, Ashe jumped up with apparent alacrity, and after divesting himself of his blue serge con | obvious ] | **Much too small in the chest.” declared | the witness emphatically. “That coat was never made for him.’" At Mr. Black’s request, Roche exsmined through a magnifying glass a loose piece of tweed cloth also founa among the pris- oner’s effecis, and _expressed his opinion that the coat and vest were of different material. Mr. Biack asked that all the foregoing testimony concerning the identification of clothing be stricken out, as it was clearly shown that the witness’ sources of information were hearsay. The court re- fused to grant the motion. The witness, still replying to Mr. Black, stated that he obtained the prisoner’s sig- nature 10 the list of property without hav- ing told the prisoner that he wanted it as a check upon the clerk. The officers failed to find the bullet which killea Preston, and in his opinion the bullets found among the prisoner’s baggage were not small enough to have inflicted the wound. James J. Groom of Groom & Hogan, fashionable batters, was calied 1o produce an acknowledgment signed by the pris- oner in the name of Butler, which the latter gave on receipt of a brand-new hat in exchange for the prisoner's-old one. The witness informed Mr. Black tbat when signing the acknowledgment the prisoner remarked that Butler was the | name he was known® by in San Francisco. ill fit. | had been asked if his sister wrote down | tralian detective Roche, who swore to the | Black ob- | The wound in Preston’s head the | from the back. No rifle was found near | the locality at the time the body was ex- | put on the other, which was | | Constable Conroy, recalled, said the prisoner was a little stouter than at pres- | ent when he knew him in Australia and weighed, he thought, about 180 pounds. He would weigh now only about 165 | pounds. When the witness knew him he wore a Scotch twee'l coat, Captain John Nicholson Petrie of the | Olivebank deposed that he knew the | prisoner very well. He wasan A. B. and { sailed With the witness from Rio Janeiro, | February 17. 1893, The witness knew him | as Richard Ashe.” “We proceeded to New- castle, N. 8. W.” continued Captain Petrie, ‘‘where he was discharged. I saw him afterward in Newcastle a fortnight | before November 19, when we sailed. He seemed then much stouter. I remarked | when I saw him here that he had fallen |away. I never knew him by any other { name than Aske.” | _Replying to Mr. Black, the witness ad- | mitted that it was a very common ex- | perience with captains te find sailors ship- ping under different names. This was l often necessary when they deserted. The | prisoner, when he met him in Newcastle, | was wearing a_dark snit, and “it strack me,” continued the witness, ‘‘that he had a good appearance.® I never knew Lim as Frank Harwood, nor as Butler, nor as Weller. Richard Ashe is the one name by | which I knew him. He was s fairly good seaman, but when we got to Newcastle he | Iaid up.” He asked for his discharge and | said he wanted to better himself. He told | me he had a mate’s certificate. I never | bad any row with him at sea. He was not | disobedient nor insubordinate. I have | nothing against his characier,” | Mr. Cormac, in the course of re-examina- | tion, elicited the information that a Dr. | BEames, who visited Ashe in the forecastle when he complained of rheumatism, as- | sured the witness there was very littie the maiter with him. “When I offerea him a lotion for his knee,” said Petrie, “‘he said | to me: ‘Noyou won’t, captain, do any- | thing of the sort. I will do for you as I | did for the captain of the Star of Russia.’ I then gave him in charge for threatening me on board the vessel.” You told Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cormac, that it was a common occurrence for sailors to change their names. Is it not equally common for fugitives irom justice to do the same?” Objection sustained. The hearing was then continued until Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Mr. | Cormac stating that it had been agreed | b>tween counsel to areue both casesin on FEW TO-D Now Is Your Time. SPECIAL SALE FOR ONE WEEK. . Oneot Our Customers. 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